Armenia’s civil aviation sector faces issues, Armenian airlines deprived of right to fly to Europe: Pashinyan

Armenia faces issues in civil aviation sector with Armenian airlines having been deprived of the right to implement flights to Europe, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said live on Facebook.

“The violations came forth as a result of monitoring of specialists from European Agency of Aviation Safety,” he said, adding that for many years planes with Armenian registration were involved in illegal activities in African countries, in sell of weapon. The PM said they were connected with corrupted circles in Armenia.

“It was hidden for many years by the aviation officials as well. It was hidden with corruption purposes from Tatevik Revazyan and the government,” Pashinyan said, adding that he has not been saddened with the fact.

“We will cross the line and understand that the ideas of aviation management existing for many years are unacceptable and our aviation must correspond to high standards,” the prime minister said.